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Leander ISD to seek TEA waiver for remote homebound instruction for one student
Summary
Leander ISD administration requested permission to seek an individual TEA waiver to provide remote homebound instruction for one student with medical needs, citing ARD/504 committee recommendations and TEA homebound documentation and funding rules.
District administrators requested Board authorization to pursue an individual remote homebound waiver from the Texas Education Agency for one student whose medical needs make in‑person homebound services unsafe. The agenda restated TEA eligibility criteria: an ARD or Section 504 determination that the student is eligible, physician documentation of medical confinement, and a minimum expected confinement of four weeks (which may be non‑consecutive for chronic illness if district policy allows).
The packet says the student’s ARD/504 committee recommended a remote homebound option so the student can continue coursework at an appropriate level. Administration recommended the board allow staff to seek the waiver and count remote instruction for homebound funding under the district’s homebound documentation rules. "I move to allow LISD administration to seek a waiver from TEA to request that remote homebound be provided to one student and counted for homebound funding purposes and to count the student as in attendance when remote instruction is provided," the administration provided as a sample motion.
